American Quotes

I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. I want to do movies that I want to talk about, that I'm proud of, but I also want to make a living.

I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim, or Jewish. I couldn't put myself into any organized faith.

I did this film for less money than it costs to stay in this hotel. We shot it in 20 days. We couldn't screw up takes for fun because we didn't have enough film.

Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.

When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic.

Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.

Whenever I'm on tour and I'm in my hotel room and I'm writing and playing my guitar, I go in the bathroom and I record whatever I'm writing in there. It's just what I love to do.

When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven.

Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.

Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.

I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

I usually end up falling for one of my really good guy friends because I know everything about them, and you fall in love with their personalities, and it makes them become attractive to you in your eyes.

I think the older you get, the more you know about life, and the more you learn about yourself and you become comfortable in your own skin. So the older I'm getting, the more fun I'm having.

I pay attention to how I look but I don't let it go too far.

I love to exercise outside in the fresh air and sun: hiking, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, and jogging.

I like how my body feels when I'm in shape; I love how it feels after I work out each day. Fitting in the clothes I like to wear comfortably and living a healthy lifestyle is important to me.

I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the futur

I didn't want to call and schedule shows or call and make people listen to my music. Luckily, my friends and family really stayed on me and made me put myself out there.

Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about.

Being a musician is a job - it is just a really fun one!

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.

You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.

You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place.

The way one approaches a wilderness story is to fashion a quest - find something that you are truly interested in finding or discovering.

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.